Iblis kecepatan (Speed Demons)
House Swift
Apus nipalensis
- tidak umum
- 60 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A small sooty swift that lives in the air above market streets and temple towers, screaming in tight flocks at dusk. Lands only to cling to vertical walls.
- Populasi
- very large; benefits from urbanization and nests colonially under overhangs
- Habitat
- Highly aerial swift found in both urban and rural settings across Asia; nests colonially in cliff crevices, cave mouths, and under building/bridge overhangs, and forages on the wing over cities, valleys, and forests.
- Fakta menarik
- Fecal analysis of House Swifts found their diet is drawn almost entirely from the phylum Arthropoda — ants, spiders, mosquitoes, and flies — all snatched on the wing, since the species feeds exclusively while airborne.
- Sebaran
- South, East and Southeast Asia: from Nepal and northern India east through southeastern China (incl. Fujian, Taiwan) and Japan, south through Assam and mainland Southeast Asia to the Malay Peninsula, Java, Bali, the Philippines, and Indonesia; four recognized subspecies (nipalensis, subfurcatus, furcatus, kuntzi) occupy distinct parts of this range.
- Makanan
- Exclusively aerial insectivore; feeds on small arthropods caught in flight. Fecal analysis found the diet almost entirely arthropod, including ants, spiders, mosquitoes, and flies.
- Ukuran
- 0,15 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,32 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,6 tahun
